What cars have you owned?

[bonnie]

Well I didn't think he'd actually do it. It wasn't repaired, he had to drive it like that. We did much worse ... wiring doors shut when people would sleep on the night shift. You know, the normal things people do when they're very very bored.
(The mine is still in operation, I believe.)

 

[Jason S]

1974 Mazda RX4 Rotary Wagon
1983 Mazda RX7 (converted to 13B... Then added a turbo... Then converted to run on propane... Made a digital dashboard out of a Commodore C64)
1988 Toyota MR2 Supercharged
2001 Lexus IS300 (my first auto... but with gear hold buttons on the steering wheel.)
2000 Ford Ranger EV NiMH
2011 Nissan LEAF (my first front wheel drive vehicle.)

Wow, another person who modified Rotarys... my father did that, I swear he had one of each (including the pickup) up until the RX8. Therefore my list:

RX3 (modified exhaust, Holly carb, ported, RX7 distributor, etc)
An Oldsmobile sedan of some sort... hey, it was free
1992 Mazda Protege LX
2010 Volkswagon TDI (current)

Those were mine. The spousal unit had, during the same time period...

Mercury Lynx (not sure of date)
1991 Dodge Shadow
2000 Nissan Altima (current)

so really looking forward to the Model S. :biggrin:

 

[benji4]

1974 Ford Pinto
1980 Ford Mustang
1972 Volkswagen Beetle
1989 Daihatsu Mira Turbo
1990 Eunos Roadster (Miata MX5)
1994 Toyota RAV4
1998 Estima Lucida
2002 Estima
2007 Estima Hybrid
Tesla Roadster 2.5

 

[Doug_G]

1974 Ford Pinto

You too, huh? I have fond memories of that crate. Mine was orange...

 

[benji4]

You too, huh? I have fond memories of that crate. Mine was orange...

Yes, now that you mention it I did have a lot of fond memories with that car too! Mine was a yellow one. It was a bit embarrasing picking up my prom date with it though... would have been nice to have had either of my Roadsters back then (had they existed)

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

My 18 year list is

1968 Camaro Totaled
1973 914 2.0 Porsche : <
1984 Olds Cutlass Donated
1971-2? GMC Pickup Donated
1993 Taurus SHO Water pump cracked in Hwy 17 rush hour and nuked engine
1989 Celica GTS Trade-in
2002 Jetta VR6 Totaled while parked!
1999 Acura Integra GS Stolen / recovered in front of police station on blocks

1999 Frontier * Wife's truck
2008 Rav4 Sold to neighbor 1 day before getting Joules
2002 Lexus ls430 * Wife's car

2012 S performance..... Weeeeeeeee *:biggrin::love::scared:

* still own

 

[jason.auch]

Here are mine.

1987 Pontiac Fiero
1971 Dodge 340 6 pack Dart
1964 Dodge Travco (current)
2006 Subaru Stage 4 WRX STi
2010 Tesla Roadster Sport (current)

Wish I still had them all.

 

[Princeton96]

Here are mine. I'm leaving out the 1980-something Datsun pickup I drove in high school...

1996 Nissan Pathfinder
1999 BMW M3 Sedan
2001 Range Rover
2007 Lexus RX 400h
2013 Tesla Model S Performance (eventually...)

 

[ggr]

Motorbikes (all in Australia):
1969 Suzuki 120 (used)
1971 Suzuki GT380
1978 Suzuki GS750
1980 Suzuki Katana 650 (totaled by a drunk with me and wife on it; this bike was the love of my life)
1980 Yamaha XZ550
(a couple of Suzuki PE175, used for racing)
1984 Suzuki GSX750 (actually my wife's but after the kids arrived I got to ride it)

Cars in Australia:
1965 VW 1500 bug (used)
1977 Subaru 1600 (first thing Subaru released)
1983 Audi 5+5, 2.2 liter 5-cylinder (this is the car I loved the most)
1999 Subaru STi

Cars in US:
2002 Mercedes CLK55 AMG (used)
2006 Mercedes CLK63 AMG (first on west coast. wonderful car. hardly gets driven any more)
2009 Roadster 2.0

 

[NigelM]

There were a couple of others in-between and many of these overlap as I often owned more than one car but here's the core list:

• 1963 Hillman Imp (Rear engine. Horrible handling! Thrashed it, cracked the head and it caught fire. Burned to the ground).
• 1963 (?) Ford Corsair (Bought at auction, didn’t run so I installed a 1600 Crossflow engine. Fiberglass body, very light, car took off like a rocket with the crossflow. Rolled it one week later. Complete write-off)
• 1973 Cortina TC Mk III XL (A real workhorse. Great car)
• 1986 Ford Sierra 2.0 (First time dad. Boring car….)
• 1988 Fiat Regata Weekend (Dog joins the family. Boring station wagon…)
• 1992 Ford Mondeo (Second kid. Bigger boring car….)
• 1994 BMW 7 (Big promotion, nice new fat salary!)
• 1996 BMW M5 (I loooved this car!)
• 1997 BMW Z3 and 3-series station wagon (Continued my Beamer love affair)
• 1998 BMW 5 (Told you I loved the 5-series!)
• 1998 Toyota Land Cruiser Anniversary Edition (That car got treated so roughly and handled everything! Kept it for several years)
• 2003 BMW E39 M5 (Pure joy to drive….6-speed manual)
• 2005 Mercedes S-Class W221 (Employed a chauffeur to drive it. 2 TV’s in the back plus massager seats, bar etc.)
• 2005 Mercedes B-Class (My wife's runabout...third kid by now)
• 2006 Mercedes McLaren SLR (Acceleration compared to the Roadster, but a real gas-guzzler!)
• 2007 Mercury Mountaineer (Retired to live by the beach…)
• 2008 Shadow Aero Cruiser (300lb bike with 300lbs of chrome)
• 2009 Toyota Solara (SWMBO insisted I give up the motorcycle)
• 2010 Tesla Roadster (Yeeeeaaah!!)
• 2012 Model S (Completed options spec today!)

 

[thomas.rueesch]

My rather short lis:

• 1988 First co-E-drive in a Horlacher (Swiss)...E-mobility works
• 1994 Ford Escort (had to start with something affordable)
• 2001 VW Passat 1.8T Lim
• 2008 VW Passat 1.8T Station (still driving)
• 2008 (first test-drive in Tesla Roadster @ Geneva Automobil Salon...never let me go)
• 2010 E-Bike (to get the sense of E-mobility, loading @ home etc.)
• 2013 Tesla Model S? (looking forward to a test drive)

 

[Discoducky]

Model S will be the first American built car I've ever considered owning.

1977 Rabbit
1987 Accord
1991 Accord (new)
1997 Tacoma (new)
1997 J30
2003 Cooper S
2007 Civic Hybrid (new)
2013 Model S (new)

I couldn't list all of the cars I've driven since I used to valet in Palm Springs

 

[jory]

That's a huge jump in years!

the biggest jump was really from the citroen. the DS21 was decades ahead of its time. if it hadn't been squashed in a hit and run (while i was in it!) i'd still be driving that perfectly restored specimen.

i still have the isetta. it is super fun.

the rover i just sold after owning for 24 years.

the panel van was stolen (i mostly bought it for the deco styling and it was from NASA so it had a very faded worm logo on each flank)

the delorean i sold to a friend. that was a disappointing car. the engine and the tiny operable windows (not to mention the owner community) made it less fun than one would suppose.

after the citroen was destroyed i decided to get something that was equally forward-looking and quirky leading me inexorably to the roadster.

 

[jerry33]

the biggest jump was really from the citroen. the DS21 was decades ahead of its time.

Agreed. Had the 2004 Prius not come out, I was seriously looking at getting a restored one because none of the new cars did anything for me. I sold my original for a price I couldn't refuse (and I also had too many vehicles at the time). I regret selling it--even more so because the buyer totaled it within a couple of months.

 

[FlasherZ]

Wow, let's see...

1964-1/2 Ford Mustang 6-cyl -- still have
1965 Pontiac Tempest GTO -- still have
1979 Honda Accord (the reason to this day I still won't buy any car from a Japanese tin-can manufacturer)
1985 Olds Cutlass Ciera
1994 Olds Cutlass Supreme
1999 Chevy Suburban 1500 4WD
2003 Chevy Impala
2004 Chevy Suburban 1500 4WD -- still have
2010 Chevy Traverse -- wife's car

 

[AC1K]

1 - 2002 Protege5 - Runtime: 9yrs (it was good, nothing outstanding thats good or bad other than it was really easy to modify)
2 - (current car) 2010 Genesis Coupe V6 - Runtime: 3.5Yrs and counting (love this car, fast, reliable, easy to maintain, cheap on everything, reg gas, reg oil)
3 - 2013 Tesla P85 hopefully this year sometime (deposit is going down June, so however long it takes tesla after that to get it to my door)

 

[adiggs]

Only 1 car for me really:
1991 Honda CRX HF (still in the garage, but going unused)

before (now)
2010 Tesla Roadster Sport

 

[dailydriver]

I have always been a car guy since high school. Not too many eco-friendly cars on the list, but I'm making up for some of that with my Tesla now, so don't be mean to me. :redface:

1. 1978 Chevy Camaro Z28
2. 1977 Honda CBF
3. 1973 Porsche 914 2.0
4. 1981 Chevy Camaro Z28
5. 1985 Honda Accord
6. 1984 Chevy Corvette
7. 1986 Ford Thunderbird
8. 1986 BMW 528i
9. 1988 BMW 735i
10. 1989 Jeep Cherokee Limited
11. 1992 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer
12. 1991 Lexus ES300
13. 1993 Lexus SC400
14. 1969 Chevy Camaro Indy Pace Car*
15. 1996 Jaguar XJ12
16. 1994 Dodge Viper*
17. 1996 Toyota Land Cruiser
18. 1998 Jaguar XJR
19. 1999 Lexus LX470
20. 2001 Mercedes-Benz S420
21. 2001 GMC Denali XL
22. 2003 Chevy Corvette 50th Anniversary*
23. 2004 Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG
24. 2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV
25. 2006 Lexus RX400h*
26. 2007 Jaguar XKR
27. 2007 Cadillac Escalade ESV
28. 2009 Cadillac Escalade ESV
29. 2010 Audi R8 V10*
30. 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV*
31. 2012 Tesla Model S Signature Performance*

* vehicles I still own

 

[Zythryn]

Approximate years...

83' olds cutlass
78' Monza (8 cylinder)
94' Saturn SL2
98' Mercedes ML (company car)
06' Lexus IS250
08' Prius
10' Tesla Roadster
12' Tesla Model S

 

[herbvdh]

My cars were:
1974 Chevrolet Nova lasted 7,500 miles USA junk! 50 MPH needed 5000 foot to stop got 12 MPG
1976 Toyota Corolla
1981 Toyota Corona
1976 AMC Pacer wife's car
1985 Suzuki SA310 aka Chevy Sprint got 60 MPG highway .990L 3 cylinder
1987 Toyota Camry 35 MPG highway
1992 Toyota Camry
1997 Toyota Avalon
2000 Lexus RX300 sold to my son, he sold to my manager in 06 he gave to his daughter 200,000+ miles he bought a 2008 RX350
2006 Lexus GS300 AWD my son but I used it
1997 Lexus LS400 Pre-owned
2004 Toyota Prius averaged 49 MPG drove 3.5 years realized I need AWD
2006 Lexus RX400h Pre-owned 98,900 miles
???? Tesla Model ??

The Chevy Nova was nothing but trouble the keys said GM mark of excellence. Guzzled gas so bad it needed a tanker along side of it.
ALways worked under the hood every other weekend.
AMC Pacer was parked more than driven. Ate starting motors, flywheel had broken teeth, carburetor plugged up.What a POS! maybe 10 MPG